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bookorbitvsTailGuard

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

bookorbitTailGuard
Score74/10048/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Book Management#37 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars5 899611
Stars, last 30 days+1 221+0
Stable releases, 12 months2310
Latest releasev3.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.104.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

bookorbit scores 74/100 against 48/100 for TailGuard, so it is the safer default.

bookorbit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for TailGuard.

If you want the quickest setup, bookorbit is easier to run; TailGuard needs more configuration.

bookorbit is growing faster right now (+1 221 stars in 30 days).

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